Department of Environmental Protection

The tool is part of a new law taking effect July 1 that calls for projects using state money to conduct studies on damage and costs tied to sea rise. Critics say the law falls short by not requiring fixes.

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is the only statewide elected Democrat, and, she claims Republicans have it out for her. Fried is battling...

The Associated Press Environmental activists and state environmental officials disagree about how regulations should be used to combat algae blooms in...

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection is applying to take over duties from the federal government related to protecting its wetlands. But...

Advocates are raising concerns about state plans for cleaning up Florida’s ailing springs.

Nearly a year after a state regulatory commission approved controversial new water-quality standards, an appeals court Tuesday ruled that a pulp-and...

Conservation groups, Governor Rick Scott and Cabinet members are praising Florida’s newest top environmental regulator, Noah Valenstein, as a consensus...

Florida Governor Rick Scott is tapping a former aide and water management district chief to head up the state’s environmental agency.

Florida’s Cabinet is dealing with an embattled agency in flux. Friday Department of Environmental Protection secretary Jon Steverson resigned—effective...

A fertilizer company says it hopes to have a massive sinkhole plugged by spring, months after contaminated water and waste began flowing into Florida's...

Siding with the Department of Environmental Protection on procedural grounds, an administrative law judge has rejected a series of challenges to...

St. Petersburg has a plan to minimize sewage spills during major rain events and the Department of Environmental Protection wants to ensure it follows...